Staff Reporter
Islamabad
Pakistan has reported 40 deaths in the last 24 hours by the novel Coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 499,517. The tally of fatalities jumped to 10, 598 on Saturday.
According to the latest figures by the National Command and Operation Center, 2,007 persons tested positive for Covid-19.
Till now 224,004 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Sindh, 144,111 in Punjab, 60,751 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 18,351 in Balochistan, 38,970 in Islamabad, 8,451 in Azad Kashmir and 4,879 in Gilgit-Baltistan.
Furthermore 4,242 individuals have lost their lives to the epidemic in Punjab, 3,679 in Sindh, 1,718 in KP, 187 in Balochistan, 436 in Islamabad, 235 in Azad Kashmir and 101 in GB.
Pakistan has so far conducted 7,043,604 coronavirus tests and 40,898 in the last 24 hours. 455,445 coronavirus patients have recovered in the country whereas 2,266 patients are in critical condition.
Meanwhile, Sindh reported 1,505 coronavirus cases and 14 deaths during the last 24 hours, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said in a statement,
He said that 14,572 tests were conducted during this period. With the new cases, the provincial total has risen to 225,509 while the death toll is 3,693.
He added that out of the total cases reported, 1,258 were recorded in Karachi.
